Adempiere
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Original author(s) | Jorg Janke |
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Developer(s) | Adempiere Community |
Initial release | 9 September 2006 |
Stable release |
3.8-LTS
/ 2 March 2015 |
Development status | Stable |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Linux, OS X, Unix, Windows |
Platform | JBoss, GlassFish |
Available in | languages |
Type | ERP, CRM, SCM |
License | GPLv2 |
Website |
wiki |
ADempiere /ˌɑːdɛmˈpjɛreɪ/ is an Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software package released under a free software license. The word ADempiere in Italian means "to fulfill" or "to accomplish".[1]
The software is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[2]
History
The ADempiere project was created in September 2006. Disagreement between the open-source developer community that formed around the Compiere open-source ERP [3] software and the project's corporate sponsor ultimately led to the creation of Adempiere as a fork of Compiere.[4] Within weeks of the fork, ADempiere reached the top five of the SourceForge.net rankings, and has remained one of the top-ranked open-source projects for a long time.[5] This activity provides a measure of both the size of its developer community and also its impact on the open source ERP software market.
The project name comes from an Italian word, which is means "satisfy" but with additional context of "Complete , Reaching , practice, Perform Tasks , or Releasing, also , give honor, respect", here which it was considered most appropriate to what the project aims to achieve.
Goals of this project
The goal of the Adempiere project is the creation of a community-developed and supported open source business solution.[6] The Adempiere community follows the open-source model of the Bazaar described in Eric Raymond's article The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
Business functionality
The following business areas are addressed by the Adempiere application:
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Financial Performance Analysis
- Integrated Point of sale (POS) solution
- Integrated Web store
- Material Requirements Planning (or Manufacturing Resource Planning, in beta for Release 3.5), contributed by the Libero project.[7]
Project structure
All community members are entitled to their say in the project discussion forums. For practical purposes, the project is governed by a council of contributors.[8] A leader is nominated from this council to act as overall project manager. The role of the Adempiere Council is to:
- Support decisions of the leader.
- Accept contributions.
- Define the roadmap.
- Review and approve specifications.
- Vote for new functionalities.
- Approve changes to core.
Technology
Adempiere is developed with Java EE technology, specifically utilizing the JBoss application server. Currently database support is restricted to Oracle and PostgreSQL.[9] A MySQL port of the database is currently underway.
Architecture
Adempiere inherited the Data Dictionary from the Compiere project.[10] This architecture extends the Data Dictionary concept into the application; thus the application's entities, their validation rules and screen layout can be controlled from within the application itself. In practice, this means that customization of the application can be done without new coding. A Workflow Management Coalition and Object Management Group standards based workflow engine is utilized to provide Business Process Management. These features allow for the rapid customization of the application to a business's needs.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ Google Translation of ADempiere
- ↑ ADempiere follow GNU General Public License (GPL)
- ↑ From Compiere to ADempiere! Archived June 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Debate - Has Compiere Become Closed? Do We Fork? How?(Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:48 pm)Red1
- ↑ Open source ERP 'most active' SourceForge project
- ↑ Adempiere Community - Who we are? Archived April 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Features of ADempiere
- ↑ ADempiere PMC
- ↑ ADempiere Technology
- ↑ ADempiere Data Dictionary Feature
- ↑ ADempiere RAD Architecture
- Notes
External links
- Official Community website
- Official Product website
- Installing
- ADempiere Test/Demo OnLine
- ADempiere Docker test
- OSEB - Brazilian Adempiere port
- Adempiere at Openhub.net
- Polish ADempiere Community (in Polish)